A key component of modern factories is the flexible production cell – a workstation staffed by a worker with the training and tools to carry out a variety of operations... From ICT Results | July 17, 2009
Research supported by the U.S. Pentagon is attempting to turn insects into search-and-rescue systems capable of locating trapped victims in earthquake rubble and...New Scientist From ACM TechNews | July 16, 2009
The Georgia Institute of Technology has won a three-year, $500,000 grant from the National Science Foundation to conduct research into securing cell phones. Georgia...11Alive.com From ACM TechNews | July 16, 2009
A new report from Orange Labs suggests that technology will play a key role in drawing more women to careers in information technology. The report, "Her Code:...ITPro From ACM TechNews | July 16, 2009
Australia's IMACS/MODSIM Congress will feature more than 650 modeling and simulation experts from around the world. Mathematical models describe the actions of...CSIRO From ACM TechNews | July 16, 2009
Microsoft's External Research division launched a pair of new research tools — the Project Trident workbench and the Dryad/DryadLINQ programming environment — at...HPC Wire From ACM TechNews | July 16, 2009
Japanese scientists are working to create insect-robot hybrids, including robot-moths capable of detecting drug stashes and robot-bees capable of navigating earthquake...Agence France Presse From ACM TechNews | July 15, 2009
ACM's 46th Design Automation Conference (DAC) will give industry professionals an opportunity to learn more about front- and back-end design issues and to participate...Business Wire From ACM TechNews | July 15, 2009
Top scientists at some of India's ace scientific institutions are pooling energies, and the government some money, in an ambitious attempt to design a home-grown...Pakistan Defence From ACM News | July 16, 2009
Researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) have developed a new type of fiber that is capable of producing images without the need for a lens...ScienceNOW From ACM TechNews | July 15, 2009
Indiana University researchers have exposed some of the methods spammers use to collect email addresses and send junk mail through multiple computers. In a paper...Technology Review From ACM TechNews | July 15, 2009
Software developed by researchers at the University of Oxford and the University of Leeds has autonomously determined the basics of sign language by watching TV...New Scientist From ACM TechNews | July 15, 2009
Research funded by the U.S. Air Force Office of Scientific Research could lead to advancements in data encryption and wide-area, high-resolution photography. The...Air Force Office of Scientific Research From ACM TechNews | July 15, 2009
Blue Brain is a supercomputer-powered software model designed to closely simulate the activity of a rat's neocortical column (NCC) in the hope of gaining insights...The Wall Street Journal From ACM TechNews | July 15, 2009
A portable 'lab on a chip' that can identify specific targeted molecules in blood samples has been created by European researchers. It is being used to measure... From ICT Results | July 15, 2009
The Australian Square Kilometre Array Pathfinder (ASKAP) telescope team has developed an algorithm that enabled researchers at Australia's Commonwealth Scientific...CIO Australia From ACM TechNews | July 14, 2009
A proposal before the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) would dramatically improve SPARQL, the query technology for the Semantic Web, for application development....InfoWorld From ACM TechNews | July 14, 2009
Florida Atlantic University researchers have significantly reduced the amount of computer power that is needed to operate face recognition systems without compromising...EurekAlert From ACM TechNews | July 14, 2009
Big Blue's supercomputers are among the greenest in the world. The June Green500 list, published by Green500.org, showed that 18 of the top 20 greenest supercomputers...CNet From ACM News | July 14, 2009
From a command center resembling the bridge of the Starship Enterprise, doctors at The Methodist Hospital have developed 3-D technology that enables them to view...Methodist Hospital, Houston From ACM News | July 14, 2009